Cars you didn't know existed...

[LordGrover]

Poor woman. Is she otherwise okay?

[talksthetorque]

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

That could do with a bigger gap between tyre and arch.
Apart from that

[Agent XXX]

LordGrover said:

Poor woman. Is she otherwise okay?

She LOVES it!

Mind you, she's gotta be in her 80s now!

[robfox]

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

I used to have a Corsa B convertible, which was a right old mess. At the front it still had part of the roof and the normal doors, and at the back there were metal bars to stop the whole thing folding in half. Compared to the Corsa, the Metro looks like they've made a decent job of the conversion.

Edited by robfox on Friday 3rd August 15:21

[anonymous-user]

Agent XXX said:

LordGrover said:

Poor woman. Is she otherwise okay?

She LOVES it!

Mind you, she's gotta be in her 80s now!

When these first came out one of the reviews said something like "this car just shouts 'let's have fun in our retirement!' ".

[MXRod]

Seen loads of these in France
Lots of pages preceeding this so may already been flagged up
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/renault/renault-t...

[67Dino]

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

[Jimmy Recard]

blearyeyedboy said:

Yup. Not even a font change.

Apart from typeface, I think there is only one difference between the 93 and BLS gauge clusters. Spot the difference?

[mayerhofenwin]

Mitsubishi Starion.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&amp...

[Steamer]

robfox said:

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

I used to have a Corsa B convertible, which was a right old mess. At the front it still had part of the roof and the normal doors, and at the back there were metal bars to stop the whole thing folding in half. Compared to the Corsa, the Metro looks like they've made a decent job of the conversion.

Edited by robfox on Friday 3rd August 15:21

I'm pretty sure I read on here that the Corsa convertibles all started life as standard tin top finished vehicles and were outsourced for conversion... from what you said that seems to ring true.

I had forgotten about the Metro skip.. I can only image after all these years it smells like an old tent inside.

[ajprice]

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

The thing about small convertibles is that they need somewhere for the roof when it's down...




This is probably why the Fiat 500 and the DS3 have a fold back roof and keep the side windows and pillars as the convertible version.

[Jader1973]

Steamer said:

robfox said:

GeordieInExile said:

The Rover Metro Cabriolet. Mmmmmm, classy.

I used to have a Corsa B convertible, which was a right old mess. At the front it still had part of the roof and the normal doors, and at the back there were metal bars to stop the whole thing folding in half. Compared to the Corsa, the Metro looks like they've made a decent job of the conversion.

Edited by robfox on Friday 3rd August 15:21

I'm pretty sure I read on here that the Corsa convertibles all started life as standard tin top finished vehicles and were outsourced for conversion... from what you said that seems to ring true.

I had forgotten about the Metro skip.. I can only image after all these years it smells like an old tent inside.

Correct. Corsas were built as hatches and then chopped up later. In Australia they were done by HSV.

[lowdrag]

That Metro roof look just like a Mk 1 Golf convertible.

[Wildcat45]

lowdrag said:

That Metro roof look just like a Mk 1 Golf convertible.

Is it possible to see out of the back?

[saaby93]

lowdrag said:

That Metro roof look just like a Mk 1 Golf convertible.

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[blearyeyedboy]

LuS1fer said:

I could never take a car seriously that was named after a bacon and lettuce sandwich.

Mmmm. Bacon.

Jimmy Recard said:

Apart from typeface, I think there is only one difference between the 93 and BLS gauge clusters. Spot the difference?

How very 80's Saab to have a turbo gauge! (Is that just in the petrols? I don't remember it in the diesel I drove for a couple of days, but I might have just not noticed...)

I've spent today wondering about a similarly quirky but unloved spuritual successor. An Infiniti Q50 hybrid, perhaps?

[carmadgaz]

blearyeyedboy said:

How very 80's Saab to have a turbo gauge! (Is that just in the petrols? I don't remember it in the diesel I drove for a couple of days, but I might have just not noticed...)

I think it's just the petrol ones. My diesel one doesn't have one

[LordGrover]

mayerhofenwin said:

Mitsubishi Starion.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&amp...

Well aware of the car, but love the ad.

[Hazuki]

carmadgaz said:

blearyeyedboy said:

How very 80's Saab to have a turbo gauge! (Is that just in the petrols? I don't remember it in the diesel I drove for a couple of days, but I might have just not noticed...)

I think it's just the petrol ones. My diesel one doesn't have one

It's not even a real boost gauge in my 9-3. It's linked to throttle position + air intake (or something).

[GeordieInExile]

The Irish Clan kit car.